"We are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." -President Herbert Hoover. The President had no idea that soon after he had said this the country would be led into the worst poverty it has ever been in. The stock market had crashed and many people lost their jobs and couldn't fend for their families. There was no way they could afford their homes and were soon put to the streets. Incomes were unevenly distributed throughout the U.S. When nobody thought things could get worse get worse they actually did. More and more people became homeless and hungry. Many people started wandering the country-walking, hitchhiking, or, riding the trains in search of a better life. They were often called hobos. As if the economy wasn't bad enough the farmers soon faced a new disaster. Droughts struck the Great Plains and soon after from The Dakotas to Texas, the fields became known as the "Dust Bowl." Winds whipped the earth, blowing dust everywhere and blackening the sky for hundreds of miles. When the dust finally settled, it buried all the crops and livestock. More and more farmers fled their lands for a better life in sunny California, but they all lived in roadside camps and remained poor and homeless.
"We are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." -President Herbert Hoover. The President had no idea that soon after he had said this the country would be led into the worst poverty it has ever been in. The stock market had crashed and many people lost their jobs and couldn't fend for their families. There was no way they could afford their homes and were soon put to the streets. Incomes were unevenly distributed throughout the U.S. When nobody thought things could get worse get worse they actually did. More and more people became homeless and hungry. Many people started wandering the country-walking, hitchhiking, or, riding the trains in search of a better life. They were often called hobos. As if the economy wasn't bad enough the farmers soon faced a new disaster. Droughts struck the Great Plains and soon after from The Dakotas to Texas, the fields became known as the "Dust Bowl." Winds whipped the earth, blowing dust everywhere and blackening the sky for hundreds of miles. When the dust finally settled, it buried all the crops and livestock. More and more farmers fled their lands for a better life in sunny California, but they all lived in roadside camps and remained poor and homeless.